Editing Saint Lucia (section)

===Law and crime===
{{Main|Crime in Saint Lucia}}Saint Lucia is a mixed jurisdiction,<ref>[http://www.juriglobe.ca/eng/sys-juri/class-poli/sys-mixtes.php Mixed Legal Systems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731220313/http://www.juriglobe.ca/eng/sys-juri/class-poli/sys-mixtes.php |date=31 July 2017 }}. juriglobe.ca</ref> meaning that it has a legal system based in part on both the [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] and [[English common law]]. The Civil Code of St. Lucia of 1867 was based on the [[Civil Code of Lower Canada|Quebec Civil Code of 1866]], as supplemented by English common law-style legislation. The [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] was Saint Lucia's final court of appeal until 2023, when a constitutional amendment transferred this to the [[Caribbean Court of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In Saint Lucia, parliament passes constitutional amendment to replace Privy Council with Caribbean Court of Justice as final court of appeal|url=https://constitutionnet.org/news/saint-lucia-parliament-passes-constitutional-amendment-replace-privy-council-caribbean-court|access-date=20 June 2023|work=ConstitutionNet|date=2 March 2023|archive-date=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620095100/https://constitutionnet.org/news/saint-lucia-parliament-passes-constitutional-amendment-replace-privy-council-caribbean-court|url-status=live}}</ref>

Saint Lucia's homicide rate has hit record highs in recent years. There were 75 homicides in 2021, a 34.5% increase compared with 55 homicides in 2020. 2021 saw the island record the most homicides in its history, and also its highest murder rate in its history, at 40 murders per 100,000 people.